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Throup is speaking in support of the government's moves to clamp down on the sugar content of foods but says advertisements for junk food should not be shown when children are likely to be watching. Throup discusses the obesity epidemic and the cost to society, their health and how important this this. Sones asks why it is Jamie Oliver leading the challenge to the obesity epidemic. Throup is also asked about modern slavery and Theresa May's role.

Scope and Contents Sones asks about the Prime Minister's new Brexit Bill, Hodgson voted against the Reading and Programme because the Government tried to get it through Parliament without scrutiny. Hodgson believes the 'deal' was worse than the one that Theresa May brought to Parliament. Sones asks if it was difficult as Hodgson represents a 'leave voting' constituency, but Hodgson wants to vote for a deal that benefits her constituents whereas those offered to date simply try to appease the European Research...

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Interviews carried out by John Mather on the subject of WSC's health. Includes transcripts of interviews plus audio recordings (for WCHL 8/81/1-6).

Scope and Contents Subjects include: hunting; Canada possibly paying for 3 Dreadnoughts [1913]; Churchill's Home Rule speech [to the Ulster Liberal Association] in Belfast [Northern Ireland]; a miscarriage suffered by Clementine; the sinking of the Titanic; Clementine's letter to the Times ["Ought not women to be abolished?"] in answer to an article by Sir Almroth Wright ["Should women have votes?", though note that the letter itself is not present]; the effect of the National insurance Act; leaving Eccleston...

Scope and Contents Subjects include: a stay with Diana Churchill [later Diana Bailey and Diana Sandys] at Lou Sueil, Eze [France], March-April 1928, with Jacques Balsan and Consuelo Balsan [earlier Consuelo Vanderbilt and Consuelo, Duchess of Marlborough] after Clementine had been ill [with mastoiditis]; the bickering between Lord Blandford [later 10th Duke of Marlborough] and his wife Mary; Cabinet's agreement with Churchill's scheme for deregulation of local taxation; Churchill's abstention from voting in...

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Photo shows WSC on a stretcher being carried through a crowd of people. He is wearing a suit and hat and has a cigar in his mouth.

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Correspondents include: Christopher Tugendhat; Basil de Ferranti; Sir [George] Roy Denman; Peter Allsebrook; Lord Duncan-Sandys; Lord Zuckerman; Sir Edward Ford; Tom Normanton; Sir John Musker.

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Correspondents wishing RSC well on a lung operation include: Jonathan Aitken; Paul Jennings; Kay [? Halle] and Julian Amery; Virginia Crawley [Virginia Cowles]; Robin Day; Michael Foot; Robert Kennedy; [Charles] Kenneth Young.

Scope and Contents Texts and cuttings of letters from LSA to the press, with related correspondence, on subjects including: the Commonwealth Conference (1952) and the economic imbalance between the Commonwealth and the United States; the place of the Commonwealth in the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II; production and exports to the United States; American tariffs; trade within the Empire; the need for a balanced economy; the stability of sterling; Commonwealth membership, particularly relating to the Gold...

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Papers relating to Brigadier Harold Edwards [Consulting Surgeon-Major, Central Mediterranean Forces] being called in to see WSC at Lake Como [Italy], September 1945, to treat a hernia. Includes notes by Edwards on the meeting, including remarks by WSC about the war and the international situation, a copy of a letter of thanks from WSC to Edwards and later correspondence with Martin Gilbert on his biography of WSC.

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Personal papers of ELS and family, on subjects including; ELS's childhood and early military training; Michael Spears; honours; ELS's health; memorial services for MS and ELS; ELS's and MS's household affairs; property, particularly ELS's country house Old Gables (Warfield, Berkshire, later St Michael’s Grange) and his London house at 12 Chester Place (later 12 Strathearn Place).

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Correspondence, mainly with John Mather, on Sir Winston Churchill's medical history, including a chronology of events.

Scope and Contents Texts of speeches and articles by LSA on subjects including: patriotism; health education; freedom; the future of Canada and the world; limitations of the League of Nations; Empire co-operation in social hygiene; the coronation and role of King George VI; the value of education; the city of Birmingham [Warwickshire]; the development of East Africa. Also includes: report of the Army League Committee on a policy for the army; statement on new Conservatism by the Oxford University...

Scope and Contents Items kept by Sister Muriel Thomson, one of WSC's private nurses, including: her notebook of day reports on WSC's nursing care, November-December 1960; reference signed by WSC and CSC; unused place cards from Aristotle Onassis's yacht Christina; copies of standard thank you messages from WSC and CSC; signed photograph of Sarah Churchill [also Sarah Beauchamp, Sarah Oliver, and Sarah, Lady Audley]; photograph of Sarah reading aloud from Savrola to WSC; copy of an article by Muriel Thomson on...

Scope and Contents The photocopies of papers were collected by Roy Acheson in the course of his research on Wickcliffe Rose and mainly comprise copies of the following: records of the International Health Board of the Rockefeller Foundation; records of its International Education Board; Rose's diaries and personal correspondence; a small amount of material on the League of Nations Health Organisation and World Health Organisation; records of the United States Southern Education Board; and material on the...

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Medical papers on WSC's operation for appendicitis, 1922, with accompanying correspondence, including a letter from WSC's surgeon, Sir Crisp English, to his doctor, 1st Lord Dawson, on whether to allow WSC to go to Dundee for the General Election, a letter from WSC to English on his convalescence and its effect on his polo playing and later correspondence between WSC and English.

Scope and Contents Part 1, 1979: includes copies of notes from Patrick Jenkin MP (Secretary of State for Social Services) for Sir Geoffrey Howe MP (Chancellor), "Assistance with fuel costs: the contingency reserve", 7 June 1979, and for Sir Keith Joseph MP (Secretary of State for Industry), "Party Conference- motion on social security", 5 October 1979 Part 2, 1980: includes note from Norman Fowler MP (later Secretary of State for Social Services) on Employers' Statutory Sick Pay, ca....

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This series mostly contains personal notes and correspondence in relation to Max Perutz's personal interests, as well as congratulatory correspondence for his Nobel Prize and order of merit. There is also a little family correspondence from his son, Robin, and grandson, Tim.

Scope and Contents 76 podcast interviews collated for the publication 'When There's a Woman in the Room - #Vote 100 year January 2018 to January 2019' and written with journalists Jackie Ashley, Deborah McGurran and Linda Fairbrother. Sones' focus was primarily on recording interviews with MPs who champion public policy reforms through debates in Westminster Hall or by asking questions at PMQs.Topics include a range of issues from the centenary of women’s suffrage to Brexit debates. These...

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Health report by doctors A J Murray and J A Crocket on the mine-workers in the Gold Coast [later Ghana].

Scope and Contents The collection consists mainly of official papers from the last phase of Mayo's political career. The papers cover most aspects of policy-making and execution: military, diplomatic and security matters, economic policy, transport and communications, agriculture, famine relief and health, the visit of the Duke of Edinburgh to India during 1869 and 1870, and Mayo's assassination. Some papers also provide insights into the working relationships amongst officials and amongst members of the...

Scope and Contents Box 1: 15 subject files, mainly concerning Davies's works as an M.P. - Parliamentary Labour Party, local government, bills, correspondence, etc. Box 2: Planning, 11 files - Guildhall, traffic and roads, University development, etc. Box 3: Housing, Rating, Public Health, and Education, 11 files. Box 4: Correspondence, etc. Only files 7 and 8 (Planning) and 11 (Cambridge City Labour Party) are open to readers. Box 5: Various committees, etc., 6 files and printed items - local government...

Scope and Contents Correspondence with WSC, CSC, RSC's son Winston and Pamela Churchill [earlier Pamela Digby, later Pamela Hayward and Pamela Harriman] on subjects including RSC's son being invited to be a page at Queen Elizabeth II's Coronation, RSC's marriage settlement, his book "Fifteen Famous English Homes", a lecture by RSC on Lord Randolph Churchill and a stroke suffered by WSC. Includes some modern photocopies, draft notes from RSC's biography on his dislike of [Robert] Anthony Eden [later 1st Lord...

Scope and Contents Subjects include: a stay at Cap d'Ail in the south of France, September 1953; painting and work on a speech for [the Conservative Party Conference] at Margate [Kent] and trying to decide about the future [following Churchill's stroke in June]; thoughts of writing about the Victorian political scene; an attack by Randolph Churchill against the press; a visit from Tom O'Brien, President of the Trades Union Congress; the state of the French Government; the little yellow cat at Chartwell [Kent]...